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The Best Episodes Written By Charles Beaumont

Every TV Episode Written by Charles Beaumont Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 4 Episode 3 - Valley of the Shadow
    7.8/10(14 votes)

    S4:E3

    A reporter finds himself trapped in a small town where people can reverse time and do many other amazing things.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  2. undefined Season 5 Episode 17 - Number 12 Looks Just Like You
    7.7/10(15 votes)

    S5:E17

    In a future where everyone must undergo an operation at the age of 19 to make them identical to everyone else, one woman desperately tries to hang onto her own identity.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  3. undefined Season 5 Episode 6 - Living Doll
    7.7/10(20 votes)

    S5:E6

    Erich is displeased when his wife buys an expensive doll for his step-daughter. He becomes even more displeased when the doll tells him it doesn't like him!

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  4. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - In His Image
    7.5/10(15 votes)

    S4:E1

    A scientist tries to correct his imperfections by building a mechanical likeness of himself, which includes of all the finer qualities he is lacking.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  5. undefined Season 1 Episode 24 - Long Live Walter Jameson
    7.5/10(36 votes)

    S1:E24

    Walter Jameson, a popular history professor, is suspected by his fiancée's father, another professor at the college, to be an immortal.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  6. undefined Season 1 Episode 20 - Elegy
    7.5/10(40 votes)

    S1:E20

    Three astronauts land on what looks like Earth 200 years before they left--only all of the people seem frozen in time.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  7. undefined Season 2 Episode 26 - Shadow Play
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    S2:E26

    Trapped in a recurring nightmare, a man tries to persuade those who are sentencing him to death that the whole scenario is not real.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  8. undefined Season 3 Episode 27 - Person or Persons Unknown
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    S3:E27

    David Gurney wakes up to find that no one - his wife, his co-workers, his best friend, not even his own mother knows him.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 28 - A Nice Place to Visit
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    S1:E28

    After being shot to death, the criminal Rocky Valentine encounters the amiable white-haired Mr. Pip in the afterlife, who gives him everything he wishes for.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  10. undefined Season 2 Episode 5 - The Howling Man
    7.3/10(33 votes)

    S2:E5

    A man on a walking trip of post-World War I Europe gets caught in a storm. He comes across a remote monastery with a mysterious prisoner.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  11. undefined Season 4 Episode 9 - Printer's Devil
    7.2/10(16 votes)

    S4:E9

    A wily old man, hired by a bankrupt newspaper editor, has the knack of predicting headline stories and claims to be the Devil.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - Perchance to Dream
    7.1/10(55 votes)

    S1:E9

    A man with a heart condition explains to his psychiatrist that he feels extremely tired, because he is terrified of falling asleep for fear he might die.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  13. undefined Season 5 Episode 18 - Backward, Turn Backward
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S5:E18

    A middle aged plumber is suspected of bludgeoning to death the father of his 19-year-old love interest, but the Sheriff can't figure out how the man could have done the crime and been caring for his baby grandson at the same time.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 23 - Shadow Play / Grace Note
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E23

    A condemned man, Adam Grant, insists that everything and everyone around him is a dream: one that he can't wake up from. He claims that every time he is executed, he fails to wake up and must relive the whole thing again. His attorney is originally skeptical, but Grant knows all of the "lines" and can predict things that will happen miles away. His attorney tries to get a stay of execution, but is just too late: Grant is "executed" and wakes up at his trial once more. The players have changed roles, but otherwise everything is the same as he must relive the same events over...and over...and over. An opera singer is having a hard time. Her sister is at the hospital dying. Her sick sister leaves a gift: a glimpse into the future when the singer is a world-famous star.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  15. undefined Season 3 Episode 23 - The Lady on the Wall
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    S3:E23

    Paladin is accused of stealing a painting in the small town of Bonanza.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  16. undefined Season 4 Episode 17 - Passage on the Lady Anne
    6.9/10(11 votes)

    S4:E17

    A quarrelsome young couple find themselves taking a trip on the Lady Anne, an old passenger liner that is transporting a group of equally old passengers.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  17. undefined Season 4 Episode 13 - The New Exhibit
    6.8/10(12 votes)

    S4:E13

    The curator of a murderers' row in a soon-to-be-defunct wax museum persuades the owner to let him keep the figures for awhile. When his wife attempts to destroy them, a new murderous rampage begins...

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 22 - Long Distance Call
    6.8/10(24 votes)

    S2:E22

    A young boy find he can communicate with his dead grandmother through a toy phone.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 20 - Static
    6.7/10(20 votes)

    S2:E20

    Ed Lindsay hates television, so he gets his old radio out of the basement of the boardinghouse where he lives. He soon finds he can receive programs from the past when he's alone.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  20. undefined Season 3 Episode 18 - Dead Man's Shoes
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    S3:E18

    A vagrant steps into a murdered gangster's expensive shoes and is taken over by the dead man's ghost, who vows to remain on Earth to seek revenge against his killer.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  21. undefined Season 3 Episode 25 - The Fugitive
    6.7/10(13 votes)

    S3:E25

    Old Ben, who is able to transform himself into anything, tries to help a crippled little girl.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  22. undefined Season 2 Episode 21 - The Prime Mover
    6.6/10(23 votes)

    S2:E21

    Ace Larsen discovers his business partner has the ability to control objects with his mind. The pair head to Vegas to win big.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  23. undefined Season 3 Episode 12 - The Jungle
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    S3:E12

    Alan Richards plans to build a dam in Africa on a tribe's ancestral land. The tribe's voodoo doctor puts a curse on him.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  24. undefined Season 5 Episode 23 - Queen of the Nile
    6.4/10(10 votes)

    S5:E23

    A columnist interviews a famous movie actress who has a secret to her eternal beauty.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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  25. undefined Season 4 Episode 8 - Miniature
    6.3/10(13 votes)

    S4:E8

    A lonely man falls in love with a mini museum doll, which he believes is alive.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Charles Beaumont

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Charles Beaumont Ratings Summary

"Valley of the Shadow" is the best rated episode written by Charles Beaumont. It scored 7.8/10 based on 14 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 1/17/1963 and is rated 0.1 points higher than their second-best episode, "Number 12 Looks Just Like You".